Hannah More Primary School

Hannah More Primary is an inclusive and welcoming school serving a diverse community, including many pupils who arrive partway through their education, sometimes from overseas. Pupils feel safe and happy, bullying is rare, and personal development is a clear strength: pupils benefit from a wide range of clubs, trips, careers activities and assemblies that celebrate the school’s rich mix of faiths and cultures. The early years provision is also strong, with children well prepared for Year 1, and pupils with SEND are identified early and supported to access the curriculum. However, the quality of education requires improvement. The school has an ambitious curriculum, but expectations vary too much between classes, and too many pupils, particularly in key stage 2, do not achieve well. In some lessons, work is not challenging enough and poor-quality work is accepted. The English curriculum lacks precision, especially reading in key stage 2 and writing across key stages 1 and 2, so pupils do not build their knowledge consistently. Behaviour systems are clear but not applied consistently, leading to low-level disruption and poor behaviour at social times. Attendance has started to improve but remains too high. The inspection was the school’s first routine inspection since the COVID-19 pandemic, and it has faced a falling roll and staffing reductions while maintaining an inclusive ethos. Leadership and management require improvement because some improvement actions lack precision, making it hard for governors to measure impact and hold the school to account. Safeguarding arrangements are effective, but record-keeping and monitoring systems are not robust enough and minor errors were found, although they were rectified during the inspection.

Strengths

• Inclusive ethos welcomes diverse pupils, including those arriving partway through their education or from overseas.
• Pupils feel safe and happy, and bullying is rare.
• Personal development is a strength, with a wide range of clubs, trips and careers activities.
• The school celebrates its rich range of faiths and cultures and prepares pupils for life in modern Britain.
• Pupils with SEND are identified early and supported to access a broad and balanced curriculum.
• The curriculum is ambitious and reflects the school’s locality.
• Reception staff match activities closely to children’s needs, preparing them well for Year 1.
• Most younger pupils learn to read quickly because staff are well trained and spot those needing extra help.
• Attendance systems have been strengthened and attendance is starting to improve.
• Staff feel listened to and are proud to work at the school.
• Strong community and parent links help provide further support for families.
• The governing body is highly committed to the school.
• Safeguarding arrangements are effective, and pupils can name trusted adults.

Areas for Improvement

• Too many pupils, particularly in key stage 2, do not achieve well.
• Staff expectations vary too much between classes, leading to unchallenging tasks and accepted poor-quality work.
• Teachers do not always use assessment information well enough to match work to pupils’ needs.
• The key stage 2 reading curriculum lacks precision, so pupils do not develop reading skills well.
• The writing curriculum lacks precision in key stages 1 and 2, so pupils do not build on their learning well.
• The behaviour policy is not applied consistently, leading to low-level disruption and poor behaviour at social times.
• Attendance remains too high despite recent improvement.
• Some improvement actions lack precision, making it hard for governors to measure impact and hold leaders to account.
• Safeguarding record-keeping and training records are not robust enough, and monitoring does not pick up omissions rigorously.
• Errors were found on the single central record during the inspection, although they were rectified by the end.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at Hannah More Primary School attended 91.2% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 29.9% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 3.1% of pupils at Hannah More Primary School were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 Hannah More Primary School had 16.0 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 23.3% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 19.9% of pupils at Hannah More Primary School were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 7.3% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2025–26 Hannah More Primary School received £10,013 and spent £10,041 for each of its 206 pupils. It ended the year with a deficit of £400,000 (-£1,940 per pupil).

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24).

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What is Hannah More Primary School's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for Hannah More Primary School is Requires Improvement, from an inspection in June 2025.

When was Hannah More Primary School last inspected by Ofsted?

Hannah More Primary School was last inspected in June 2025.

How many pupils does Hannah More Primary School have?

Hannah More Primary School has 206 pupils on roll.

What age range does Hannah More Primary School cover?

Hannah More Primary School for pupils aged 4 to 11.

What are Hannah More Primary School's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 32% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is Hannah More Primary School?

Hannah More Primary School is at New Kingsley Road, St Philips, Bristol, BS2 0LT.